(Blog Post) Of course, “We can’t legalize physical torture,” Alter opined, as “It’s contrary to American values.” Still, “we need to keep an open mind” about other torturous measures – “and we’ll have to think about transferring some suspects to our less squeamish allies, even if that’s hypocritical. Nobody said this was going to be pretty.” Full Story »
Posted by Rory O'Connor
Rory hits on an important issue in this opinion -- how major media figures have taken problematic positions on the use of torture, often without the evidence needed to back up their positions.
I'm not so secretly delighted every time someone rips into Tom Friedman. Rory does a particular good job here.
Sadly, Alter is not alone among leading journalists and pundits in adopting a more favorable and “modern” assessment of torture. Lest we forget, Mark Bowden, another ... More »
An article that plays it straight on torture. The public is pretty evenly split on the torture issue, and so was this article.
As a combat veteran, CIB, Bronze Stars, Purple Heart, Air Medals etc, etc, let me make it clear. We DON'T Torture! We prosecute those who do. It is not American.
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